The TS040 is a beast. It adds a bit of strategy to braking and accelerating to charge and discharge the KERS. Less aggressive acceleration helps keep a little battery in reserve for overtaking. And it lasts longer than 3 laps at LeMans...

Online• NEW – host kick function. The host of an online game can now select to immediately kick a player from the server. Kicked players will be auto-kicked if they attempt to rejoin the same multiplayer session. • NEW – mandatory pit stop option. The Lobby admin can opt to force a single pitstop during any race.• NEW – option to set race length by time (also available in Quick Race).• Fixed an issue where, if Forced Default Setup is used, the pit crew would not change tyres until they’re completely worn. The tyres will now be changed when at least one tyre is worn down by 25% or more. • Improved VOIP quality for the in-game chat system.

Online• Reworked the dynamic race-end timer feature. In public races, the timer is 75% of the slowest moving car's lap time. In private races and passworded public races, the timer is 150% of slowest moving car's lap time.• Fixed an issue where sometimes session creation would fail after the console would lose and then regain connection to Xbox Live.

Physics & Tyres• Neutralized the top speed advantage of running zero camber on many tires.• Reduced flash layer temperature cap for GT3/LMP and other slick tires to make them less prone to overheating.• Classic Lotus cars: Disabled patch-to-hub on several tyre carcass models as it was creating a strong low-speed FFB buzz.

I finally got a chance to play this game and I gotta say I like it. Only played single player but the ai is good and tough if you turn them up. Tire model isn't bad, no grip on cold tires. I only played for like an hour but I gotta say the time I played its a solid game.